Chapter 24
Ireland
PATRICK SCRUTINIZED HIS surroundings for the third time, but he could only see Aunt Grace, who stood a few feet away from him in the middle of a thick mist. No need to worry, Patrick thought, because he sensed this was where they needed to be. Aunt Grace answered the obvious question. “We’re on the way to the life you had before you became Patrick Walsh. So sorry to disturb your rest by waking you this early, but I’m afraid you’ll need some background and context to understand this old life.”
“Why, what’s so complicated about this life?”
“It takes a while for the details of a life to return to a soul during these do-overs, and I’m worried the initial assumptions you might make about your circumstances may be far off the mark. Most modern-day Irish Americans do not ap
